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The Minnesota Twins are still very much alive for a playoff spot as they head into the final weekend of the regular season. Northstar Link has added extra buses for each of the next three days, in anticipation of the high number of Twins fans heading down to Target Field to watch the games.

A Minnesota woman is recounting a terrifying ordeal as she worked to free her toddler from their car before a train struck the vehicle at a railroad crossing in Elk River.

No one was hurt when two Northstar trains and a car collided near Elk River. Metro Transit officials report that the car was struck by both northbound and southbound trains Tuesday evening.

A record number of people boarded the Northstar Commuter Train last year. Metro Transit in the Twin Cities says over 787,000 people used the Northstar train in 2013 - a 12.4 percent increase from 2012.

The Sherburne County Sheriff has released the name of the man who was struck and killed by a Northstar Commuter Train on Monday.

Twins fans can use Northstar Link and Northstar Commuter Rail to get to and from Twins games again this year.

High gas prices continue to drive more people to the Northstar Commuter Rail and Bus Link. The bus that connects St. Cloud area residents with the train in Big Lake saw a record number of riders in May -- up 106% over last May.